Wagon-rack.



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WAGON RACK.

ATION ElLEo JAN. 22. I914 Patented Nov. 19, 1918.

Inventor,

WILLIAM A, HUNT, OF WEST LEBANON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO FRANK N. FENCE, DEFENCE, INDIANA.

WAGON -RACK.

Application filed January 22, 1914. Serial No. 813,728.

useful Wagon-Rack, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to wagon racks'and more particularly to racks for use in transporting live stock.

One of the objects of the invention is to thebadgacent standards 2 and are extended provide a rack of this character made up of angle strips and which is adapted to'be bolts, 'oneof the side panels will be fastenedsecurely upon "the-floors Brackets 8 are fixedly connected'to by bolts or rivets 81 and quickly placed in or removed from position upon the floor of an ordinary wagonrack,-

the various parts of the rack being held together and to the floor by means of bolts, certain of which also constitute pintles upon gates or ldoorsw which are mounted the end of the rack;

Afurther-objectis to provide a rack of. this character which can be quickly col-.

lapsed and which can bestored. in a small;

spaces.

With the-foregoing: and other iob ects. in

view which will appear as the description;

proceeds, the invention. resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and.inthe details of construction.hereinafter:dew.

scribed and claimed, it being understood that changes'in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, CELIlwbB made within the scope of whatiis claimed, awithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawingsvthevpre ferred form of the invention has been shownw In said drawings Figure 1 is a perspectiveview of the rack, the same being shown set up in position upon the floor of an ordinary'wagon rack.

Fig. 2' is an enlarged vertical transverse section through a portion of the rack taken on the line 2-2 Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 Fig. 1.

Fig. 4; is a section on line 4= l Fig. 1.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the floor of an ordinary wagon rack, the same being adapted to support the structure constituting the principal part of the present invention. This structure includes corner standards 2 made up of angle strips, these standards being connected by top angle strips 3 which bear downwardly thereon and lap the outer sides thereof and by bottom angle strips 4; which in the county of Warren and r are secured upon the sides of the standards and'bear downwardly upon the floor 1. In-

termediate angle strips 5 connect the standards 2 so that side y tical angle strips 6. are secured to the inner sides of the strips 3, 4 and 5.

Extending throughthe ends of one of the top strips?) are bolts 7. These bolts are arpanels are thus produced the standards and the various-angle strips connecting them. Intermediate 'ver-- Specification of Letters .Patent; Patented. Nov. 19, 1918."

ranged longitudinally back of and close to through the floor 1 so that, by tightening the extend inwardly fromthe ends'of'the other top strip 3 and a bolt 9 is extended down-V wardlythrough each of these brackets and the fioor. l. Thus by tightening these bolts 9, the panel adjacent thereto will be fastened securely to the floor. 'Mounted to swing upon each of the'bolts 9 is a gatelO'formed of top and bottom angle strips andof inter mediate-and side stripsyall suitably connected to form a rigid structure. Each gate is adaptedto close the space between the side panels at one end and-any suitable form of latch such asindicated generally'at 11, may 1 be provided for fastening each gate in closed position.

For the purposeiof preventing thel'side panels'- from". buckling outwardly -whenxpushed against by the stock held within. the rack :plates '12 may besecured' to the inner side of each of the lower side strips 4.

Each of these plates has a finger 13 extend ing. downwardly therefrom and adapted to project through an opening 14 in the floor 1. Thus it will be seen that buckling of the side panels when pushed against by the stock, is prevented.

It will be noted that the panels are not connected together at their upper ends and, consequently, when the gates are open, there is nothing extending across the rack which would interfere with the admission of stock to or the removal of stock from the rack. The gates, when closed, constitute ample means for connecting the side panels.

It will be seen that simply by removing the bolts 7 and 9 and disengaging the gates from bolts 9, the entire rack can be quickly collapsed and stored in a small space. Thus nannies other purposes in connection with the running gear oi a Wagon.

What is claimed is l. The combination with a rack floor, of side panels, fingers depending from the side panels and projecting into the door to hold said panels perpendicular to the floor, bolts extending throughout the height of the end portions of the panels and through the floor for binding the panels upon the door, gates pivotally mounted upon the bolts of one of the panels, and jrneans upon the ates cooperating with the opposed panel for holding the gates closed and for tying the panels together.

2. The combination with a raclr floor, of side panels, fingers depending from the side panels and projecting into the floor to hold said panels perpendicular to the' floor, bolts extending throughout the height of the end portions of the panels and through the door for binding the panels upon the door, each panel including a bottom angle strip hearing downwardly upon the floor, gates carried by the bolts of one of the panels, and cooperating means upon the gates and the opposed panel for securing the gates in c osed position and for tying the panels to gather. V

3.. The combination with a flat topped rack fiO01,Of rack side panels, fastening means extending throughout the height or the end portions of the panels and into the floor for binding the panels in vertical position upon the floor, gates pivotally mounted upon the fastening means for one of the panels, and means for detachably fastening the other sides of the gates to the corresponding ends of theother panel.

4. The combination with a flat topped floor, of rack side panels, bolts extending throughout the end portions of the panels and into the floor for linding the panels upon the floor in vertical positions, gates pivotally mounted on the fastening means for one of the panels, ably fastening the other sides of the gates to the corresponding ends of the other side panel whereby the gate when closed and and means for detachfastened will tie the adjacent ends of the ,50

panels together.

5. The combination with afiat topped rack floor, of rack side panels, fastening means extending into the floor for'binding the, panels in vertical position upon the floor, gates pivotally mounted upon the fastening means for one of the panels, and means for detachably fastening the other sides of the gates to the other panel whereby the gates when closed and fastened Will tie the opposing endsof the panels together.

6. A rack for hauling live stock, comprising a fiat rack floor for a Wagon, rack side panels, bolts extending throughout the height of the end portions or" said panels binding the panels upon the floor and in a vertical position, fingers depending from the side panels intermediate the ends of the panels, said fingers fitting tightly into holes in the door whereby the fingers assist in holding the panels in vertical position and prevent lateral movement of the interma' diate portions of the panels, gates swung on the bolts for one of the sidepanels, and

for

means carried by the gates and cooperating with the other panel to fasten the gates when closed and thereby tie the side panels together. ,7

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM A. HUNT.

Witnessesi Sauna WILLSON, l. Srnrsou.

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